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Spiritual Journeys #2

So High He Dwells

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2007-10-07 10:32 AM

She sought a proper resting place
For she was giving birth
Instead was offered shelter
In the poorest place on earth

What lowly bed! A cattle stall!
The scent of beast and hay
The earthy must of hide and hoof
The sound of donkey bray

No comfort was afforded
‘Neath a roof that housed the wild
Yet in this place the Lord bestowed
The most exalted child

His garment was a simple cloth
His room, a cattle stall
His cry for life was heard by beasts
Who knew no God at all

But He would rise from lowly hay
To heights no man has known
And sit upon the hallowed seat
Of God’s’ most lofty throne

No king nor prince, no man of wealth
Born under sheets of silk
No infant wrapped in threads of gold
And weaned on royal milk

Could ever reach the pinnacle
The height of the divine
No hand that offered emerald stones
Has touched the most sublime

Though he is King of all the kings
And Lord above them all
He reigns supreme with roots embedded
In a cattle stall

When on this earth, He sought no wealth
No accolades or fame
But only faithful followers
Believing in His name

So high he dwells, yet reaches down
To each and every man
And only asks that we would place
Our hearts within His hand

Elizabeth Santos

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

1 posted 2007-10-07 07:26 PM

I enjoyed the read.
Thanks, Melton

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2007-10-07 09:05 PM

Beautifully written. Joyce

sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

3 posted 2007-10-08 08:11 PM

Absolutely beautiful! So touching!

Please repost this again during the Christmas season.

May I give a printed copy of this to a gal expecting her baby just before Christmas?

Rae

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

4 posted 2007-10-10 08:45 PM

Of course, Rae, and thank you for reading and commenting
Liz

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

5 posted 2007-10-16 01:14 PM

Oh my, this is so beautiful. I truely love to read your poetry.

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